【Workshop】 Academic Writing Workshop | The do' s and don'ts of academic writing and how to make it readable and interesting
Date & Time: 12:00 noon -1:00 pm, June 10, 2022 (Fri)Speaker: Prof. Huaxiong Huang & Mr. Phillip YeungLanguage: EnglishVenue: T6-105Eligibility: Teaching/Teaching support staffRegistration: https://mis.uic.edu.cn/survey/login.jsp(DDL: 9am, June 10, 2022. Light lunch will be provided.) About the Speakers Prof. Huaxiong Huang is the Vice President (Academic) of UIC, Chair Professor of Applied Mathematics and a recipient of the Fields Institute Industrial Mathematics Prize. He is an applied mathematicians. His research covers a wide range of topics, including fluid mechanics and scientific computing, with applications in finance, biology, physiology and medicine. Mr. Philip Yeung was educated at the University of Toronto. He was formerly long-time freelance columnist at the South China Morning Post and has been a ghostwriter for Hong Kong leaders and celebrities, as well as speechwriter to 12 university presidents. He has developed a groundbreaking English learning App in partnership with an AI specialist. The APP has been approved by Tencent. AbstractThe ability to write proper English is a bedrock skill for academics who aspire to getting their research results published. Too often, regardless of scholastic merits, submissions are rejected by editors for poor English. This talk highlights the linguistic pitfalls to avoid in academic writing, such as the temptation towards “writing to impress, rather than to express”, and the preference for simplicity and clarity. Apart from stressing the need to keep a piece of writing error-free, the workshop will address an important question: “Must academic writing be boring?” In this one-hour presentation, the speakers will share insights and effective writing skills that make an article not only publishable but readable as well.
